Month: March 2007

Sensory gaming

Sensory gaming

Crunchgear has a really interesting write up of Emotiv’s sensory gaming rig you wear on your head – The prototype device looks sort of like a smaller version of Professor X’s Cerebro mutant locator thing. It’s a headset with three separate arms than clasp around your head. Each arm contains myriad sensors that detect signals […]

De semi-automatische bananenpeller

Fresh Creations sent in this “automatic banana peeler” that has something to do with a BBQ. Seems like a fun art project with a political statement about Chiquita’s recent problems. In the category ‘Funny But Useless Inventions’ this is surely the winner: an amazingly slow semi-automatic banana peeler. It was invented by a Belgian guy […]

Bluetooth Proximity Detection in OS X

Jesse David Hollington put together a set of scripts that automatically disables and enables his screensaver password when his cellphone comes in and out of Bluetooth range. Ideally, I would want to activate the OS X screen saver and enable the password protection when I move away from my computer (out of Bluetooth range), but […]

Twitter for Make/Craft/Hacks

Twitter for Make/Craft/Hacks

Some people are obsessed with twitter these days. We’re not endorsing it, but if you’re a twitterer and you want to stay up to date with the makezine blog, the craftzine blog, and the hackszine blog, then you can follow them on twitter and get updates about posts while mobile or on im. Whenever a […]